The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-10-18
General and miscellaneous

The fourth annual convention of the Brother
hood of Railway Brakemen, meet in Bingham
ton. n. Y, to-day.
With the completion of the A., T.. g S. f.
road between Chicago and Kansas City it will
reduce the distance from Chicago to Los Angeles
to ,243 miles.
w. p. NJ GORE. general agent Of the c., b. &
O.. has rendered his resignation, to take effect
Nov. i. He takes an important position on the
A, 7. 81 S. &.
The New York, Providence & Boston railroad
has started little innovation for which good
deal may be said IL is having its track walking
done by the aid of yelocipede hand cars.
Nebraska ranks third among the States in
railroad building this year. Kansas leads with
,1S4 miles of new track. Texas comes next
with Cos miles, ana Nebraska has built $50,
miles.
In the fiscal year ending Oct l the Pullm an
company placed their cars seven new lines.
and renewed the contract for series of years
with six roads On which the contract last year
expired.
The annual meeting of the stockholders of
the Evansville 6 Terre Haute, and the Evans
vile g Indianapolis railroads, was held in Ev-
ansvills yesterday. There was large attend
The old boards of directors of the two
roads were reelected.
The Southern Pacific company has issued
new rats-sheet for overland travel, which shows
a general reduction of l to per cent. first
class limited tickets to points on the direct
routes beyond the Missouri river Rates to Chi
cago and St Louis are unchanged
The Boston Advertiser says that the Chicago,
Burlington q Northern IS load to the c., B. &
O., and that there are but two ways of escape
absorption or complete separation. That the
latter is practically impossible is evident. The
question of absorption is only one of time and
The general manager of the Canadian Pacific
read has been asks to attend the meeting of the
managers OF the transeontinental lines which
convsnes in Chicago to- morrow. 1t is hoped
that some com promise can be reached to prevent
the excessive and destructive competition now
going on.
Mr. g. A Houston, who has been engaged as
expert to investigate this question behalf Of
recommended the Emerson system of heating
for that road, and his rec omrn emo atoms are said
to have been adopted. The other Systems
amined were the Martin, Gold and Sswall
The Financial Record publishes a complete
list of securities listed on the New York Stock
Exchange from Jan 1 to Oct 10 1t 10 formd-
able array, and almost enough in itself to bring
$40. 698. $50 par value, and the bonds 1886, $685..
321, or 1927. &C., III Of stocks and bonds. which,
added to the amount listed in 1885, makes S749-
O00 900 listed since Jan. 1, 1856.
Pullman portsrs are exceedingly supersti-
tious. They always want to know the anteced-
ents of q coach before they go aboard of it. and
IL it has had bad luck they exceedingly
loath to take passage The new sleepers that
come out are carefully kept track of. and every
woolly-headed son of Ham in George Pullman's
employ has a list in bis possession of coaches
which he firmly believes to be hoodooed. They
have been battered or iammed, had i'll luck
of one sort or another. The green men travel
these. If old hand must board them he
is in mortal terror, jumps at every eroan and
sits with his head in his hands when he's moth
ing else to do.